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Douglas P. Hanel, MD

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Douglas P. Hanel, MD

Hand and Upper Extremity, Orthopedics, Brachial Plexus

On staff since October 1992

Children's Title: Chief, Hand Clinic; Program Director, Hand Surgery Education

Academic Title: Professor, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Harborview Medical Center

Recommendations

DaleMount Vernon, WA08.30.12
Dr. Hanel and Cheryl Parker and his staff are wonderful People. They both did and Outstanding job helping my son from surgery to recovery and now tomorrow he is starting running back for Mount Vernon High Schoo Thank you for helping my son Micah live his dream out.
LSeattle, WA01.27.11
Very personable, reassuring, great rapport with my adolescent son, perfectly competent. Highly recommended.
TiffanySeattle, WA01.06.11
Doctor Hanel is wonderful and kind. He always explained my hand surgeries to me and to my mom. He always put me at ease. He was not my original doctor, he took over for Dr. Almquist when I was ten. I am now 25 and may be going in to see him for another surgery.
Recommend Dr. Douglas Hanel

Overview

Board Certification(s)
Hand Surgery
Orthopedic Surgery
Medical/Professional School
Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis
Residency
Orthopedic Surgery, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis
Fellowship
Hand Surgery, Hand Surgery Associates, Louisville

Awards and Honors

Award NameAward DescriptionAwarded ByAward Date
U.S. News Top DoctorU.S. News and World Report 2012
Seattle Magazine Top Doctor - 2011Seattle Magazine Top Doctor - 2011Seattle Magazine 2011

Publications

Zone-II flexor tendon repair: a randomized prospective trial of active place-and-hold therapy compared with passive motion therapy.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume , 2010 Jun: 1381-9
Complications associated with distraction plate fixation of wrist fractures.
Hand clinics , 2010 May: 237-43
ACGME core competencies: where are we?
Orthopedics , 2009 Mar: 171
Comparative biomechanic study of flexor tendon repair using FiberWire.
The Journal of hand surgery , 2008 May-Jun: 701-8
Medial collateral ligament injury in the overhand-throwing athlete.
The Journal of hand surgery , 2008 Mar: 430-7
Pediatric hand friction burns from treadmill contact.
Hand (New York, N.Y.) , 2007 Dec: 188-93
Management of posttraumatic metadiaphyseal radioulnar synostosis.
Hand clinics , 2007 May: 227-34, vi-vii
Wrist level and proximal-upper extremity replantation.
Hand clinics , 2007 Feb: 13-21
A biomechanic comparison of an internal radiocarpal-spanning 2.4-mm locking plate and external fixation in a model of distal radius fractures.
The Journal of hand surgery , 2006 Dec: 1578-86
Re: a simple clinical test for flexor pollicus longus rupture. Melton JTK, Murray JRD, Lowdon IMR. Journal of Hand Surgery 2005; 30B: 624-625.
Journal of hand surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland) , 2006 Oct: 584; author reply 584
The use of tensor fascia lata interposition grafts for the treatment of posttraumatic radioulnar synostosis.
The Journal of hand surgery , 2006 May-Jun: 785-93
Infantile fibrosarcoma of the hand associated with coagulopathy.
Plastic and reconstructive surgery , 2006 Apr 15: 81e-86e
Bridge plating of distal radius fractures: the Harborview method.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research , 2006 Apr: 91-9
Use of a distraction plate for distal radial fractures with metaphyseal and diaphyseal comminution. Surgical technique.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume , 2006 Mar: 29-36
The olecranon osteotomy: a six-year experience in the treatment of intraarticular fractures of the distal humerus.
Journal of orthopaedic trauma , 2006 Mar: 164-71
Closed fractures complicated by peripheral nerve injury.
The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons , 2006 Jan: 32-7
Use of a distraction plate for distal radial fractures with metaphyseal and diaphyseal comminution.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume , 2005 May: 945-54
Hindfoot containment orthosis for management of bone and soft-tissue defects of the heel.
Foot & ankle international / American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society [and] Swiss Foot and Ankle Society , 2005 Mar: 198-203
Trans-Atlantic hospital agreement in reading first day radiographs of clinically suspected scaphoid fractures.
Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery , 2002 Sep: 373-8
Bone-ligament-bone reconstruction for scapholunate disruption.
Techniques in hand & upper extremity surgery , 2002 Mar: 2-5
Wrist fractures.
The Orthopedic clinics of North America , 2002 Jan: 35-57, vii

Primary Office

Seattle Children's
OA.9.120.1 - Orthopedics Administration
4800 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
206-987-2109

Additional Offices

Harborview Medical Center
HMC Box 359798 - Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
325 - 9th Ave
Seattle, WA 98104
206-731-8315
Seattle Children's Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center
CB-11
1500 - 116th Ave NE
Bellevue, WA 98004
425-454-4644

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